Linking to Content In Your App

Within your event app, you may wish to link to other content in your app. For example, you may want to include a link to a list of files in the description of a speaker profile, or you may want to set up the scanning of a QR code to unlock hidden content in the app.

Using DD URLs

When you create the hyperlink, you'll need to enter the URL of the part of the app you want to open.

Note: these URLs are only functional within the app, either as a direct link or via the QR scanner.

Using the list below, determine the dd:// link you need.

Activity Feed

dd://activityfeed/

Display the Activity Feed

Agenda

dd://agenda/listID

Display an 'Agenda' list

Bookmarks

dd://favorites

Display the current user's bookmarks

Connections

dd://friends

Display the current user's connections

Files List

dd://topicinfo/listID

Display a 'Files and External Links' list

Hashtag

dd://hashtag/hashtagword

Display the #hashtag activity feed

Item Details

dd://item/itemID

Display the details view for a specific item

Leaderboard

dd://leaderboard/

Display the Leaderboard

List

dd://topic/listID

Display a list (any non-agenda type list such as a Speaker, Exhibitor, Sponsor, or Custom list)

Map

dd://map/

Display the Interactive Map

Meetings

dd://meetings/

Display the user's meetings

Poll

dd://poll/pollID

Display a Poll

Profile

dd://profile/userID

Display an attendee's profile

QR Code Scanner

dd://qrcodescanner

Display the QR code scanner

Surveys

dd://survey/surveyID

Display a Survey

Users

dd://users/

Display the Attendee list

Topic Channel List

dd://channels

Display the Topic Channels list view

Topic Channel

dd://channels/channelroomID

Display a specific Topic Channel

Extensions

dd://extensions/extensionname

Display a specific Extension; for example, Live Q&A would be dd://extensions/questionanswer

Note: DD URLs do not work with Web Views.

If the type of URL you need requires an ID number at the end, you'll need to get that ID from the CMS.

Step 1: Navigate to the exact item, list, poll, or survey, you want to link to.

Step 2a: Look at the URL of your CMS to determine the ID you need.

Individual Item (e.g. Speaker Profile)

You'll need the number that follows /items/ in the URL.

List (e.g. Exhibitor List)

You'll need the number that follows /items/ in the URL.

Poll or Survey

You'll need the number that follows /polls/ or /surveys/ in the URL.

Step 2b: If you are going to be creating a lot of dd:// URLs that require item IDs, you can get a list of all of your item IDs via an exportable report from the CMS.

Navigate to the Event Performance section of the CMS

Click on the tab for Exportable Reports

Download the Content List report under the Content Engagement section. The Item IDs for all of the items in the app will be in column 1 in the report.

Step 3: Combine the DD URL format from the table above and your ID from the CMS. To link to the speaker profile referenced in Step 2, your full URL will be dd://item/8773683

For example, to link to the speaker profile referenced in Step 2, your full URL will be dd://item/8773683.

To create the link in the CMS, your setup should look like this:

Note: Protocol must be set to <other>.

Using the Link Generator

Additionally, you can create links to open in different ways in the app using the link generator. These different ways are as follows: